The Center shall provide investigative assistance, training, and equipment to support domestic and international investigations of cyber-related crimes by the Department.
The Secretary shall operate, within the Center, a Child Exploitation Investigations Unit (referred to in this subsection as the “CEIU”).
In addition to submitting the reports required under paragraph (7), the CEIU shall make the data collected and maintained under paragraph (3) available to the committees of Congress described in paragraph (7).
The CEIU is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3).
Gifts authorized under subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition when the services provided by the entities referred to in such subparagraph are donated or of minimal cost to the Department.
The Secretary shall operate, within the Center, a Computer Forensics Unit (referred to in this subsection as the “CFU”).
The CFU is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions set forth in paragraph (2).
Gifts authorized under subparagraph (A) shall not be subject to the Federal Acquisition Regulation for competition when the services provided by the entities referred to in such subparagraph are donated or of minimal cost to the Department.
The Secretary shall operate, within the Center, a Cyber Crimes Unit (referred to in this subsection as the “CCU”).
The CCU is authorized to enter into cooperative agreements to accomplish the functions set forth in paragraph (2).
There is established within the Center a Human Exploitation Rescue Operation [3] Child-Rescue Corps Program (referred to in this section as the “HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program”), which shall be a Department-wide program, in collaboration with the Department of Defense and the National Association to Protect Children.
As part of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program, the National Association to Protect Children shall provide logistical support for program participants.
The purpose of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program shall be to recruit, train, equip, and employ members of the Armed Forces on active duty and wounded, ill, and injured veterans to combat and prevent child exploitation, including in investigative, intelligence, analyst, inspection, and forensic positions or any other positions determined appropriate by the employing agency.
The Secretary shall establish a paid internship and hiring program for the purpose of placing participants of the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program (in this subsection referred to as “participants”) into paid internship positions, for the subsequent appointment of the participants to permanent positions, as described in the guidelines promulgated under paragraph (3).
Under the paid internship and hiring program required to be established under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall assign or detail participants to positions within United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or any other Federal agency in accordance with the guidelines promulgated under paragraph (3).
The Secretary shall promulgate guidelines for assigning or detailing participants to positions within United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other Federal agencies, which shall include requirements for internship duties and agreements regarding the subsequent appointment of the participants to permanent positions.
An appointment to an internship position under this subsection shall be for a term not to exceed 12 months.
In establishing the paid internship and hiring program required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the eligibility requirements for participation in the internship program are the same as the eligibility requirements for participation in the HERO Child-Rescue Corps Program.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.